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Latest Fact-Checks On Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2011 in statements to the media:
On the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
No Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 13, 2012 in various public statements:
On gun policy
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2012 in comments during his campaigns:
On support for Ronald Reagan's policies
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 4, 2007 in statements to the media:
On signing a no-tax pledge
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 16, 2012 in remarks in St. Petersburg, Fla.:
There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 10, 2011 in various statements:
On abortion
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 27, 2011 in various statements:
On whether humans contribute to global warming
Half Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 9, 2012 in statements to the media.:
On support for gay marriage.
No Flip
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on May 4, 2012 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. (Creating 115,000 jobs, the total from April 2012) is way, way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 24, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
In the "Obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all Americans."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 20, 2012 in a graphic released by his campaign:
"The total unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino workers has increased from 10% to 10.3%" between January 2009 and March 2012.  
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 11, 2012 in a campaign speech:
"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 17, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
"President Obama's suggested reduction in spending for next year: $0."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 9, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 in Mitt Romney's website:
"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to newspaper editors:
Says Obama has failed to pass a budget.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • April 6, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 4, 2012 in a speech to the Newspaper Association of America:
Says Barack Obama "is the only president to ever cut $500 billion from Medicare."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 12, 2012 in a campaign memo:
President Barack Obama is "ending Medicare as we know it."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2012 in a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee:
Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2012 in a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:
Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly Moorhead • March 5, 2012
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